Contract Wordings Technician

About the role

We have an excellent opportunity within our Wordings Team for a Contract Wordings Technician specifically supporting the Markel UK division. The role will report into our Head of Technical Wordings and will work closely with a team of experienced policy wording drafters supporting insurance products across the distribution channels of open market, direct to customer and delegated authority. This is a UK retail insurance focused role and sits within a wider wordings team that handles wordings across all of Markel International, including our London Market, APAC, European, and Canadian operations. The role will have a dotted line into the UK Director of Underwriting and will be expected to work with Markel UK's underwriters and leadership, drawing on the wider International Technical Wordings Team, to deliver wordings support, including on cross divisional projects. The Technical Wordings Team reports into the Chief Underwriting Officer as part of the Underwriting Strategy and Performance department. This department sits within Markel International's Corporate Management team, with responsibility for the Performance, Risk, Technical Underwriting, Oversight, Governance, Customer Outcomes and Reinsurance Placement for all underwriting divisions that are part of Markel International. The purpose and mission are to enable profitable underwriting through portfolio optimisation and fostering strategic partnerships internationally, while establishing clear frameworks that deliver insights, support underwriting decisions and seeing opportunities. Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world. We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further What's in it for you? A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package... 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that! Are you ready to play your part? Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.